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Posted by Tim Smith on May 21, 2007, 12:32 am
The valve on the hot water line to my washer is fine if fully open, or
if fully closed. If it is somewhere in between, there is a small leak,
around the shaft that you turn to open and close the valve. By small
leak, I mean around a drop a second comes out.
(I'm assuming that this is not normal, because the identical valve on
the cold water line does not exhibit this behavior).
Is this something I should worry about? I would normally keep the valve
fully opened, or fully closed if I needed to disconnect the water line
to the washer for some reason. (I only found this out because, based on
something I think I read here, but maybe in another group, I decided to
periodically close and open all my water valves, to make sure they stay
easy to turn).
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--Tim Smith
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Posted by Meat Plow on May 21, 2007, 12:46 am
On Sun, 20 May 2007 21:32:32 -0700, Tim Smith wrote:
>
> The valve on the hot water line to my washer is fine if fully open, or
> if fully closed. If it is somewhere in between, there is a small leak,
> around the shaft that you turn to open and close the valve. By small
> leak, I mean around a drop a second comes out.
>
> (I'm assuming that this is not normal, because the identical valve on
> the cold water line does not exhibit this behavior).
>
> Is this something I should worry about? I would normally keep the valve
> fully opened, or fully closed if I needed to disconnect the water line
> to the washer for some reason. (I only found this out because, based on
> something I think I read here, but maybe in another group, I decided to
> periodically close and open all my water valves, to make sure they stay
> easy to turn).
Normal in hot water because of the increased particulate matter. If it
doesn't leak when open or closed don't mess with it. If you get it to leak
by messing with it too much which is a possibility you can try to tighten
the nut on top of the valve underneath the valve handle. But just don't
mess with it, it's stupid (no offense meant)
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Posted by BobK207 on May 21, 2007, 1:09 am
> The valve on the hot water line to my washer is fine if fully open, or
> if fully closed. If it is somewhere in between, there is a small leak,
> around the shaft that you turn to open and close the valve. By small
> leak, I mean around a drop a second comes out.
>
> (I'm assuming that this is not normal, because the identical valve on
> the cold water line does not exhibit this behavior).
>
> Is this something I should worry about? I would normally keep the valve
> fully opened, or fully closed if I needed to disconnect the water line
> to the washer for some reason. (I only found this out because, based on
> something I think I read here, but maybe in another group, I decided to
> periodically close and open all my water valves, to make sure they stay
> easy to turn).
>
> --
> --Tim Smith
Tim-
Tighten the packing nut & the drip should go away.
cheers
Bob
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 21, 2007, 4:24 pm
>
>
>
>
>
> > The valve on the hot water line to my washer is fine if fully open, or
> > if fully closed. =A0If it is somewhere in between, there is a small lea=
k,
> > around the shaft that you turn to open and close the valve. =A0By small
> > leak, I mean around a drop a second comes out.
>
> > (I'm assuming that this is not normal, because the identical valve on
> > the cold water line does not exhibit this behavior).
>
> > Is this something I should worry about? =A0I would normally keep the va=
lve
> > fully opened, or fully closed if I needed to disconnect the water line
> > to the washer for some reason. =A0(I only found this out because, based=
on
> > something I think I read here, but maybe in another group, I decided to
> > periodically close and open all my water valves, to make sure they stay
> > easy to turn).
>
> > --
> > --Tim Smith
>
> Tim-
>
> Tighten the packing nut & the drip should go away.
>
> cheers
> Bob- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
yeah quarter or 1/2 half turn on packing nut should do it.
a good friends outside faucet had leaked this way for years, the water
was running inside the house behind the breaker box.
her hubby said new plumbing no money, I showed her on my faucet she
fixed hers instantly, still fine 2 years later
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Posted by Joe on May 21, 2007, 4:09 pm
Tim Smith wrote:
> The valve on the hot water line to my washer is fine if fully open, or
> if fully closed. If it is somewhere in between, there is a small leak,
> around the shaft that you turn to open and close the valve. By small
> leak, I mean around a drop a second comes out.
>
> (I'm assuming that this is not normal, because the identical valve on
> the cold water line does not exhibit this behavior).
>
> Is this something I should worry about? I would normally keep the valve
> fully opened, or fully closed if I needed to disconnect the water line
> to the washer for some reason. (I only found this out because, based on
> something I think I read here, but maybe in another group, I decided to
> periodically close and open all my water valves, to make sure they stay
> easy to turn).
>
> --
> --Tim Smith
Your valves have stem leakage which may stop if you tighten the stem
nut under the handle. However, this may be a good excuse to get rid of
the problem and replace the old timers with modern quarter turn ball
valves or a single lever assembly made just for washing machines. HTH
Joe
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